Jan. 6 subcommittee zeroes in on paid informants at the Capitol riot

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The chairman of the new House subcommittee aimed at uncovering the truth behind the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., says his panel is concerned about the dozens of paid, federal informants present during the demonstrations, and is concerned that the intelligence they gathered was not properly shared with law enforcement. 

The chairman also said he wants to know whether the dozens of informants spread throughout the crowd properly passed any intelligence on to their law enforcement handlers in advance of the protests. 

Loudermilk said his subcommittee is investigating whether some information from informants may not have been passed on for political reasons by those that wanted to conveniently catch “MAGA” in a riot. 

“You know that we do have evidence that there were people that were instigating, such as a Metropolitan Police Officer that was undercover in plainclothes. The question would be — when we get more evidence of people who are instigating that may be part of the government or maybe in law enforcement — were they caught up in the moment, or did they have orders to do this? Was this pre-planned?” Loudermilk asked. 

“Or is it just something that somebody decided, you know, that would be really good if we could catch some of these MAGA people rioting at the end of 2020…not necessarily thinking they're going to get into the Capitol, but maybe?” the chairman continued. 

He said that is “one theory we’re working on, as we’re working on several theories, is this just allowed to play out for political reasons?” 

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